ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Video evidence

Hey there, little one! Do you like watching videos? Well, sometimes videos can be used as really important evidence to help solve problems or figure out what happened in a situation.

Let's say that someone did something they weren't supposed to do, like break a rule or hurt someone else. If there was a camera filming the area where the bad thing happened, then that camera would have video evidence.

Video evidence is basically a recording of what happened in a certain place at a certain time. So, let's imagine that someone broke a window at your house while you were at school. The police might look at any cameras in the area to see if they caught the person who did it. If they find a video that shows someone breaking the window, that video could be used as evidence in court to prove that the person really did it.

There are also situations where video evidence can help people who were wrongly accused of doing something. For example, if someone says that they didn't do something bad but nobody believes them, they might have a video that shows they were somewhere else at the time. Then everyone could see the video and know that they're telling the truth.

So, video evidence is like a record of what happened somewhere. It can be really helpful for figuring out who did something bad or for proving that someone didn't do something they were accused of. Pretty cool, huh?